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Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon at Time 100 Gala on May 7, 2010
Nick Cannon at Time 100 Gala on May 7, 2010
Background information
Birth nameNicholas Scott Cannon
Born (1980-10-08) October 8, 1980 (age 43)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Rapper, comedian, actor, television host, radio personality
Years active1998–present
LabelsJive (2003), Columbia (2005–2006), N'Credible Entertainment (2011–present)
Spouse(s)
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(date missing)​

(2008-present)
Websitewww.nickcannon.com

Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon (born October 8, 1980) [1] is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and radio/television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single "Gigolo", a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles "Dime Piece" and "My Wife" for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008.

Early life

Cannon was born on October 8, 1980, in San Diego, California, the son of Beth (née Hackett), an accountant, and James Cannon, a motivational televangelist.[2][3] Growing up, he divided his time between San Diego, where his mother lived, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where his father had worked. At age 11, Cannon received his first break doing stand-up comedy on his father's local cable access program.[4]

After graduating in 1998 from Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California, Cannon attained a gig as a warm-up comedian for Nickelodeon's studio audience in Los Angeles, most notably All That, where he also made guest appearances.

Music career

1999-06: Music beginnings, Nick Cannon & Stages

As a teenager, Cannon formed the rap group "Da G4 Dope Bomb Squad" with his friend Steve Groves and then-unknown rappers T.I. & Chingy; they opened for the likes of Will Smith, LFO, 98 Degrees, and Montell Jordan.

After signing with Jive Records in 2001, he was featured alongside Romeo Miller and 3LW on the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius soundtrack with a cover of the 1988 hit song "Parents Just Don't Understand".[5] His debut self titled album was released in 2003 and included the single "Your Pops Don't Like Me".[6]

In 2005, Cannon formed his own record label, Can I Ball Records, with plans to release his second studio album, entitled Stages, later that year.[7] The album's first single, "Can I Live?", a pro-life song, was released in July 2005[8] followed by the second single "Dime Piece" in March 2006.[8] But it was never released because of Nick Cannon's acting career.

2009-12: N'Credible Entertainment, Slick Nick & Child Of The Corn

In 2009 Nick Cannon formed a new label after cancelling his old label Can-I-Ball Records entitled N'Credible Entertainment. In 2010, Cannon created a parody of hip hop pioneer Slick Rick entitled "Slick Nick". He released two songs of the character such as "I'm A Slick Rick" in which he attempted to diss Hip-Hop mega-star Eminem, it was a freestyle of Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie" & "Nick's Story" which was a Freestyle rap version of Slick Rick's "Children's Story". On December 6, 2010 Nick Cannon released his debut mixtape entitled Child Of The Corn.[9]

2013-present: White People Party Music

On July 26, 2013 Nick Cannon premiered his new single "Me Sexy" & announced after 7 years from the shelving of his album Stages he was working on a new second studio album entitled White People Party Music, he stated that this album will have more of a comedy feel & it will feature collaborations from Afrojack, Flo Rida, Pitbull, & Polow Da Don.[10][11]

Other ventures

Hosting

In 2005, Cannon produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series Wild 'N Out.[12] That same year he hosted the world record slime stunt on Nickelodeon's 2005 Kids' Choice Awards in which a human cannonball was shot into slime. By complete chance, it was Nick Cannon with the Nick(elodeon) Cannon! Donald Trump did the honors of announcing "You're fired" to trigger the cannonballl shooting. He hosted the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seasons [13] and is currently hosting the eighth season of America's Got Talent. He also hosted the first and only season of Nickelodeon's Friday Night Slimetime. He also was the DJ on Ellen DeGeneres's Bigger, Longer, And Wider show. In 2009, Cannon hosted the HALO Awards along with Justin Timberlake, Hayden Panettiere, LeBron James, Kelly Rowland and Alicia Keys which premiered on December 11.

On July 4, 2011 Cannon hosted the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Business

The former Nickelodeon star and MTV Networks personality is now the Chairman of TeenNick and the development and creative consultant of the network.

In 2012, Nick Cannon created a sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew starring six teenagers as Cannon wrote and produced the theme song. The show is being produced by Cartoon Network Studios, in association with N'Credible Entertainment.

On November 12, 2012, MTV2 announced that they will be reviving Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out, the revived show will be produced by Nick's N'Credible Entertainment, the series will premiere in 2013 a few returning faces joined by a roster of fresh talents. When asked about the show coming back, Nick said "With our show's original cast, everyone from Kevin Hart to Katt Williams, Affion Crockett and Taran Killam becoming household names, I am looking forward to working with MTV2 as we work to introduce the biggest comedic stars of tomorrow with the return of Wild 'N Out."[14] Rapper Big Boi of Outkast has confirmed in a tweet on Twitter he is shooting an episode on January 29, 2013 in NYC and for people to join in the audience.[15]

On November 30, 2012, A picture of Nick was posted on the N'Credible Entertainment website, which reported that Nick signed a deal with NBCUniversal to produce scripted and unscripted material for the network.[16]

Radio hosting

On January 19, 2010, Cannon started hosting the morning show (6-10AM) with co-hosts Nikki and Southern Sarah Lee at 92.3 NOW FM (WXRK-FM) in New York.

Cannon has a weekly chart program called Cannon's Countdown that is syndicated by CBS Radio.[17]

On February 17, 2012, Cannon stepped down from 92.3 NOW citing health issues.

Comedy

On July 13, 2010, Cannon announced that he was going on a comedy tour in the of Fall 2010 beginning at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.[18]

In early 2011, Cannon recorded his first-ever stand-up comedy special titled Mr. Showbiz at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The special premiered on Showtime on May 14, 2011. A digital release of Mr. Showbiz became available on iTunes beginning May 16, 2011, with a physical release of the album on May 31, 2011. On the special, Cannon unabashedly reveals his thoughts on his famous marriage (to music icon Mariah Carey), pending fatherhood, and how to put an end to his buzzed-about Twitter war with hip-hop star Eminem. He also shares candid stories about his humble beginnings, his family, his 'hood tendencies' and failed attempts at being a gangster.[19]

N'Credible Entertainment

N'Credible Entertainment
Founded2009
FounderNicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon (CEO)
StatusActive
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
LocationLos Angeles, California (2009-present)
New York City, New York (2009-present)
Official websitehttp://ncredible.com/
Current artists
  • Nick Cannon
  • Wonder Broz
  • Timothy DeLaGhetto
  • Gabi wilson
  • 4Count
  • Colette Carr
Managed artists
Previous artist
  • Forever (School Gyrls)
  • Aaron Fresh
  • Cory Gunz
  • The Rangers

Personal life

Nick Cannon opposes abortion and considers himself pro-life. His song "Can I Live" tells the story of how his mother almost had an abortion, but changed her mind, and decided to give birth to him.

With no prior announcement on April 30, 2008, Cannon married singer Mariah Carey at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas after just six weeks of dating.[20][21][22][23] Cannon and Carey initially met in 2005 at the Billboard Music Awards. The two remained friends for the years following. On October 28, 2010 Carey confirmed that she and Cannon were expecting their first child. Carey revealed that she had been pregnant shortly after her wedding during the time of the 2008 World Music Awards, but she miscarried, so Carey and Cannon decided to keep the matter private.[24]

On April 30, 2011, the couple's third wedding anniversary, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins.[25] The daughter is named Monroe Cannon (after Marilyn Monroe), the son, Moroccan Scott Cannon (because Cannon proposed to Carey in her Moroccan-style room; Scott is Cannon's middle name and his grandmother's maiden name). Monroe doesn't have a middle name as Mariah herself doesn't have one.[26] Mariah has referred to the twins with the nicknames "Roc and Roe" (Rock and Roll).

On January 4, 2012, Nick Cannon was hospitalized after suffering from mild kidney failure. He was then hospitalized on February 17, 2012, for blood clots in his lungs.[27][28] On Monday, March 5, 2012 he announced that he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called lupus nephritis, which was the cause of his recent kidney problems.[29]

On May 1, 2013, Cannon and his wife Mariah Carey lived out a fairy-tale "Fantasy" wedding at the Disneyland Resort where they marked their fifth wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows and celebrated their twins' second birthday.[30]

Charitable work

In 2011, Cannon filmed a public service announcement for Dosomething.org encouraging teens to find a cause about which they are passionate and take action in their communities.[31]

Controversy

Eminem

Eminem's 2009 album, Relapse, contained a track titled "Bagpipes from Baghdad", poking fun at Cannon's wife Mariah Carey. Cannon responded with tweets via his Twitter page, while Mariah released a song and video titled "Obsessed", with lyrics and visuals aimed at Eminem. Eminem responded with a mixtape-style track called "The Warning" in which he addressed both Cannon and Mariah, and later commented that he was finished talking about the subject.

The feud was thought to have been over until in September 2010 when Cannon responded with the song "I'm a Slick Rick" which in Slick Rick's flow he takes shots at Eminem over the instrumental for Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie".[32] This was followed by a campaign via Facebook, Twitter, and his radio show proposing a boxing ring fight between Eminem and Cannon for charity.

In late September 2011, over a year after "I'm A Slick Rick" was released, Cannon took another lyrical jab at Eminem by releasing a song called "I Remember."[33][34]

On October 3, 2011, Cannon released another diss song called "Warning (Remix)" which also features Uncle Murda aimed at Eminem, radio host Charlamagne Tha God, and the feud between R&B singer Ray J and rapper Fabolous. Cannon fires lyrical shots at Eminem and also featured an audio clip of Eminem with Tim Westwood back in 2009 where Eminem backtracked on the beef saying: “I had no idea Nick Cannon was going to start wiling out on me" which Eminem referred to Cannon's then canceled Wild 'n Out television show. Cannon retorted to the clip by saying: “You said it Marshall, that’s all you had to do!” and that Slim Shady is “forgiven."[35][36][37][38]

Appearance in New Black Panther Party Video

The New Black Panther Party is promoting a clip of Cannon on its website and social media pages in which Cannon appears to express­ his sup­port for the group's September Mil­lion Youth March in Harlem. The Anti-Defamation League has spoken out about the video.[39]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart
positions 		Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[40] 		US R&B
[41]
2003 Nick Cannon 83 15
  • US sales: 275,000[42]
2013 White People Party Music [43][44][45]
  • Release date: TBA, 2013
  • Label: N'Credible Entertainment
 - -

Comedy albums

Year Album details Peak chart
positions
US Comedy
[46] 		US R&B
[47]
2011 Mr. Showbiz [48]
  • Release date: May 14, 2011
  • Label: New Wave Dynamics
 3 66

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US
R&B 		US
Rap
2003 "Your Pops Don't Like Me"  —  —  — Nick Cannon
"Feelin' Freaky" (feat. B2K) 92 46  —
"Gigolo" (feat. R. Kelly) 24 21 9
2005 "Can I Live?" (feat. Anthony Hamilton)  — 85  — Stages (shelved)
2006 "Dime Piece" (feat. Izzy)  — 70  —
2011 "Famous" (feat. Akon) [48]  —  —  — Non-album single
2013 "Me Sexy"  —  —  — White People Party Music

Mixtapes

Nick Cannon's mixtapes and details
Title Mixtape details
Child of the Corn
  • Released: December 6, 2010
Child of the Corn Vol. 2
  • Released: TBA, 2013

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Film or series
2003 Nominated Black Reel Awards Best Breakthrough Performance — Viewer's Choice Drumline
2006 Nominated Best Ensemble Roll Bounce (Shared with cast)
2006 Won Hollywood Film Festival Ensemble of the Year Bobby (Shared with cast)
2001 Nominated Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Television Actor All That
2002 Won Favorite Television Actor The Nick Cannon Show
2003 Nominated Favorite Television Actor The Nick Cannon Show
Nominated MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Male Performance Drumline
Nominated Best Kiss Drumline (Shared with Zoe Saldana)
2007 Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Bobby (Shared with cast)
2003 Nominated Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor — Drama/Action Adventure Drumline
Nominated Choice Movie Breakout Star — Male Drumline
2004 Nominated Choice Movie Liplock Love Don't Cost a Thing (Shared with Christina Milian)
Nominated Choice Movie Liar Love Don't Cost a Thing
Nominated Choice Movie Chemistry Love Don't Cost a Thing (Shared with Christina Milian)
2006 Nominated TV — Choice Personality Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'n Out
2007 Nominated TV — Choice Personality Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'n Out
2012 Won NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor Up All Night

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